I voted for Corinne Coryat for state representative because our district needs a leader with the relationships, experience, and energy to get things done.

Over the past five years, Corinne has delivered meaningful results for our communities. She has fought for rural school aid, helping ensure our schools and students have the resources they need. She has worked on Chapter 90 reform, an important issue for our towns as we work to maintain roads and other critical infrastructure. And she has advocated for natural disaster relief for farmers, standing up for local agricultural communities when they have faced devastating circumstances.

Corinne understands the unique challenges facing rural western Massachusetts, and she knows how to work with people across our district and in state government to get results. Those relationships matter, especially when our communities must compete for limited state resources or collaborate to make limited resources work harder.

Corinne also brings something no other candidate in this race offers: a legal perspective. Her legal experience gives her a valuable understanding of how laws are written, interpreted, and implemented — and that knowledge can make her a particularly effective advocate for our district.

We deserve a representative who has the experience to deliver, the relationships to make things happen, and the energy to keep fighting for our communities. Corinne Coryat has demonstrated all three.

I urge you to vote Corinne Coryat for state representative on Sept. 1.

Ashli Stempel

Deerfield